The first annual Team Invitational will be held in College Station, home of Texas A&M University. This is the premier warm-up race for the spring 2014 triathlon season. There will be a collegiate, as well as an open division which will be available to the general public.

I hope everyone has had a great holiday break! There's only one more week left on the training challenge so submit your workouts here.

The first meeting for Spring 2014 will be at 8PM in REC 281 on Monday, January 20th. I hope to see all of you there! We'll be talking about how to get involved with the team, practice schedule, race schedule, nationals, uniforms, new swim practice and track practice coaches, etc.!

And the winners have been decided! Tiebreakers were decided by the most of each team's houses eaten in 30 seconds.

1st: Christmas Turkey [ate the most candy for tiebreaker and stayed 1st]2nd: George Bush's Vacation Home [ate the second most candy for tiebreaker and moved up to 2nd]3rd: Water Park4th: Mancave5th: Carousel

Also, a few big changes are happening for Collegiate USAT racing! First, the 28 year-old limitation on collegiate athletes has been removed. No matter what age, any full-time student can now race! Second, you can wear your zebra sports bra at collegiate nationals! Lastly, there will be a vote amonth NCAA athletic directors to decide whether or not women's triathlon will be added as an NCAA event. If it is passed, then it will begin August 2014! We will keep you updated.

We are in the process of modifying our Spring 2014 race schedule (due to some complications). This will still for sure include our conference races, but we are open to other races: Mean Green, Conference Championships, and Nationals. If you are an alumni or a race director and have any suggestions, please let me know at president@triathlon.tamu.edu. We would love to establish new relationships!

Thanks to Bay Area Cycling for being our partners and providing tubes/pizza for the meeting! Also a big thanks to them for hosting us at their tailgate this past weekend. Go and like their Facebook page!

Also, you can find results from Bronda's Duathlon this past weekend here.